The exhibition, which will be on display from September 28, 2015 through October 9, 2015 in the Great Hall of O'Shaughnessy Hall, investigates how Germany has come to terms with its past, and encourages visitors to ask questions about how we remember the past. What do we remember, how do we remember, and why do we remember? The exhibition focuses on Germany after 1945, but encourages visitors to compare the experiences of that country to the ways in which their own societies are facing up to issues in their pasts - and presents - that may still be unresolved.

"Remembrance: The Holocaust in a Global Context" is presented by The Department of German and Russian in cooperation with The Department of Theology, The Nanovic Institute for European Studies, The Center for Civil and Human Rights, The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, The Program in Religion and Literature, and The Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts.

Events in this series include:

Opening Reception Address

September 28

4:30 p.m.

Great Hall of O'Shaughnessy Hall

William Collins Donahue, University of Notre Dame

Chair, Dept. of German and Russian Languages and Literatures

A Mysticism of Open Eyes: Johann Baptist Metz's Case for the Spiritual Work of Remembering Auschwitz

September 30

5:00pm

216 DeBartolo Hall

J. Matthew Ashley, University of Notre Dame

Dept. of Theology

Film: Watchers of the Sky

October 1

7:00pm

Browning Cinema, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center

Reconciliation: A Global Ethic Whose Time Has Come

October 2

4:30pm

115 O'Shaughnessy Hall

Dan Philpott, University of Notre Dame

Dept. of Political Science

Gallery Talks led by Exhibit Curator, Stuart Taberner

October 5

12:50pm and 2:00pm

Great Hall of O’Shaughnessy Hall

Stuart Taberner, University of Leeds

Exhibit Curator, School of Languages, Cultures and Societies

Film: City of Life and Death

October 6

8:00pm

Browning Cinema, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center

Memory, Understanding, Forgiveness: Primo Levi and His German Readers

October 7

5:00pm

216 DeBartolo Hall

Vittorio Montemaggi, University of Notre Dame

Dept. of Romance Languages and Literatures, Program in Religion and Literature